permainan
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay permainan, from Classical Malay permainan. Equivalent to per- + main + -an.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pərˈmai.nan/
- Hyphenation: pêr‧ma‧in‧an
- Rhymes: -nan
Noun
permainan (first-person possessive permainanku, second-person possessive permainanmu, third-person possessive permainannya)
- game
Related terms
- bermain
- dimain
- dimainkan
- main
- mainan
- maini
- mainkan
- main-main
- memain
- memainkan
- pemain
- permain
- permainankan
- termain
Further reading
- “permainan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
peN- (agentive) + main (“to play”) + -an.
Noun
permainan (Jawi spelling ڤرماءينن, plural permainan-permainan, informal 1st possessive permainanku, 2nd possessive permainanmu, 3rd possessive permainannya)
- game
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- sepermainan (“to play together”) [immediacy / habitual] (se-)
Related terms
- mainan (“toy”)